Regulating attachment for windmills.



No. 740,224. PATENTBD SEPT. 29, 1903.

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REGULATING ATTACHMENT FOR WINDMILLS.

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SETH BEIGE, OF UNIONVILLE, MISSOURI.

REGULATKNG ATTACHMENT sou WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LttersPatent N0. 740,224=,dated$e'ptember 29, 1903. Application fileddune 3U, 1903- Serial No. 163,804. (No model.)

12': will whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH BEIGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union'ville, in the county of Putnam and'State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Regulating Attachments for Windmills, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a regulating attachment for windmills; and the primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective apparatus of this character which can be readily and inexpensively installed and which is operable for eifecting automatically the stoppage of the' windmill when a tank or vessel has received the desired quantity of water, which tank or vessel is supplied with such water by a pump actuated by said windmill. The tank or vessel may be of any suitable kind. For example, it may be employed for watering stock, the action being such that when the water in the tank goes below a certain level, due to its consumption by said stock, the pump will be automatically started and will be stopped when such level is again reached. This is one advantageoususe of the device. It may be employed with equal facility in other connections, which need not be specified.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus including my invention. Fig. 2 is a trans verse sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

The numeral 2 denotes a tower or frame, illustrated as surmounted by the platform 3, constituting a suitable table for sustaining the casing or boxingt, in which the windwheel, hereinafter more particularly described, is housed. The casing or boxing may bemade of any suitable material, shape,

or size. It is represented as being of approximately rectangular form and is constructed mainly of wood. The platform or table 3 carries a series of antifriction-rolls 5, the peripheries of which extend above the top of the platform 3 to sustain the bottom of the casing or boxing 4. The platform or table 3 is illustrated as being circular, al-

actuate the pump.

though of course this is not essential, and the antifriction-rolls are represented as being arranged in circular order in proximity to the periphery of said platform. The bottom of the casing or boxing 4 is perforated or apertured substantially centrally to receive the hollow spindle 6, the latter being embraced above and below the bottom by suitable check-nuts or equivalent devices, which steady the same. The hollow spindle extends below said bottom and is rotatively fitted in a substantially central seat in the platform 3. This hollow spindle or shaft 6 receives a connecting-rod, as will hereinafter appear. 7

The wind-wheel is denoted in a general way by 7, and, as previously indicated, it is situated within the casing or boxing 4, so as to be thereby protected from the weather, and the same applies to certain gearing connected with the wind-wheel for transmitting motion thereof to'a pump-rod. The ends of the fan-shaft are shown as supported by the opposite sides of the casing or boxing 4 and as also sustained by horizontally-disposed cross-bars arranged in parallelism and suitably united to what might be considered the front and rear of said casing. The windwheel is represented as composed of two sections located, respectively, at opposite sides of the said crossbars, and each section in turn includes a series of blades, which may be of any convenient number.

To the shaft of the wind-wheel 7, between the two cross-bars 8, is suitably fastened the gear-wheel 9, meshing with a pinion 10, carried by a suitable bearing upon one of said cross-bars. A link 11 is connected at one end to a crank-pin upon the pinion 10, the opposite end of the link being united tothe upper end of a rod 12. The rod 12 extends downward through the bore of the hollow spindle 6 and is connected at its lower end by means of a swivel or equivalent joint 13 with the usual pump-rod. When the shaft of the wind-wheel is rotated, the connectingrod 12 will of course be reciprocated, so as to transfer a like motion to the pump-rod to It will be understood that the casing or boxing 4: is rotary, and by virtue of the swivel-joint between said connecting-rod 12 and pump-rod there is no possiv the tank 25.

I have described a gearing for transferring the motion of the wind-wheel to the pumprod; but other means which Ido not think it necessary to recite may be effectively substituted therefor.

The upper portions of what might be properly considered the front and rear of the casing or boxing4are open, the openings being controlled by doors or flaps 14, hinged to the top of the casing and adapted to drop to a closed position by their own weight. These doors or flaps, as will hereinafter appear, are automatically governed.

A deflector 15 is fastened in some suitable way to what I have termed the forward side of the casing, the upper edge of the deflector being in proximity to the lower edge of the front opening and extending downwardly and outwardly angularly therefrom, so as to direct the wind into said front opening, where it can act uponthe blades of the wind-wheel. A vane 16 is suitably connected to the rear side of the casing, said vane being formed as usual in windmills and serving, as is the custom, to hold the wind-wheel to the wind. A hollow spindle 17 extends through a perforation in the top of the casing 4 in vertical alinement with the hollow spindle 6, hereinbefore described, and suitable braces, as 17, project from said spindle 17 near its top to the corners of the casing. Said spindle is surmounted by the collar 18, from which guy-Wires 18' of any desirable number radiate, such guywires being in practice connected to posts sunk in the ground, which I do not deem it necessary to show. These guy-wires occupy such an angular position as not to encounter any of the moving parts of the apparatus.

It should be stated that the collar is stationary, the spindle 17, which is rigidly fastened to the casing, being rotative relatively to the same. Said collar is fastened to the forward'end of the horizontally-disposed beam 7 or girder 19, which is secured to the standard or upright 20. through the top of the hollow spindle 17 and through diametrically opposite slots in said spindle, which slots of course open into the bore of said spindle. The outer ends of these cables or ropes are attached to arms at or near the free ends of the drop-down doors 14.

The cables or ropes 21 branch from the main cable or rope 22, they being connected to said main cable by a swivel-joint, so that as the casing 4 rotates the main rope cannot become twisted. The main cable 22 passes over sheaves or pulleys 23, carried by suitable bearings near the opposite ends of the beam or girder 19. The extreme outer end of the maincable 22 is connected to a float 24, which is adapted to float upon the body of'water in When the level of the water in the tank 25 goes below a certain line, due to Cables or ropes 21 extend withdrawals of water from said tank, the float descends, thereby exerting a downward pull upon the verticalportion of the main cable 22 and an outward pull upon the horizontal portion thereof, so that the doors 14 are opened through the agency of the auxiliary branch cables 21, whereby the wind can enter one of the openings in the casing to strike the blades of the wind-wheel for operating the latter. Upon the action of the wind-wheel the pump operative therewith will be automatically started, thereby delivering water to the tank 25, the float 24 of course rising and permitting the doors 14 to drop by their own weight, said doors being fully closed when the float reaches its normal position, whatever this may be. Of course the wind can pass through either of the openings in the casing or box"? ing 4, the vane 16 serving to hold the casing with said openings in the line of the wind.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction hereinbefore described in detail, for certain variations in the relation of the parts,

their structure, 850., may be adopted within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus of theclass described, a rotary casing having openings for the passage of the wind, doors for controlling said openings, a vane, a hollow spindle on its top, and a wind-wheel therein, combined with a tank, a float in said tank, a suitably-guided cable extending from said float, having branches extending through the top of said spindle and connected with the doors, said spindle having slots through which said branches project, and mechanism operated by the wind-wheel for operating a pump.

2. In an apparatus of the classdescribed, a rotary casing having'openings for the pas sage of the wind, doors for controlling said openings, a vane on one side thereof, an an gularly-disposed wind-deflector on the oppo-' site side thereof, a hollow spindle on its top, and a wind-wheel therein, combined with a tank, a float in said tank, a suitably-guided cable extending from said float, having branches extending through the top .of the said spindle and connected withythe doors said spindle having slots through which said branches project, and mechanism operable by the wind-wheel for operating a pump.

, 3. In an apparatus of the class described, a rotary casing having. openings for the passage of the wind, doors for controlling said openings, a vane, a hollow spindle on its top and a wind-wheel therein, combined with a tank, a float in said tank, a suitably-guided cable extending from the float, having branches connected therewith by a swiveljoint, extending through the topof said spin: dle and connected with the doors, said spindle having slots through which said branches project, and mechanism operated by the windwheel for actuating a pump.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a rotary casing'ha-ving openings for the passage of the wind, doors for'controlling said openings, a vane, hollow spindles on its top and bottom, and a wind-wheel therein, combined with a tank, a float in said tank, a suitably-guided cable extending from said float, having branches extending through the top of the upper spindle and connected with the doors, said upper spindle having slots through which said branches project, a connectingrod extending through the lower hollow spindle, and mechanism actuated by the wind wheel for reciprocating said connecting-rod. 5. In an apparatus of the class described, a

rotary casing having openings for the passage of the wind, doors for controlling said openings, at vane, hollow spindles on its top and bottom, and a wind-wheel therein, combined with a tank, a float in said tank, a platform having a perforation to rotatively receive the lower spindle, and antifriction-rolls to uphold said casing, a connecting-rod projecting through said lower spindle and adapted to be connected with a pump-rod, mechanism actuated by the wind-wheel for reciprocating the connecting-rod, a collar upon the upper spindle, abeam connected with the collar, an upright for supporting the beam,

pulleys upon the beam, and a cable extending from the float over said pulleys, having branches projecting into the upper spindle through slots therein andconnected with said doors. 7 I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SETH BEIGE.

Witnesses PETER GREGGERS, PEARL RACHFORD. 

